I'm manifesting progressy-vibes for Birmingham today* LIB 💛, LAB ❤️, LOVE 💚, BAB 🩷** *I made up the split of independents as I don't know how many of Yakoob's alliance won yesterday. ** I shamelessly stole @localnotail.bsky.social's name for the progressive independents bab.

BREAKING NEWS: Trump no longer considers Birmingham, UK to be a no-go area.

Hey @sturdyalex.bsky.social, no need to talk about Iran on the next podcast, me and my mate Muz from Birmingham have solved it. We were chatting away in a sauna on Hurst St when he identified the key problem. It's the straights, they're too frigid, what we need is the gays of whore Muz instead.

I’m so sick of these strongly worded posts do something!

1️⃣ He didn't say that. 2️⃣ He said it, but you misunderstood him. 3️⃣ He said what you understood, but he was just trolling. 4️⃣ He was serious but he's just negotiating, not going to do it. 5️⃣ He's going to do it for grand strategy reasons I've invented. 6️⃣ Look what you liberals made him do.

Jenrick claimed he went to Reform for conscience rather than preservation. Would he have done the same if this was law?

Thousands left without water in the middle of winter in the UK. And those same people are now facing a massive bill hike. Privatised water is a scam. I've written to the Prime Minister asking why he won't end this rip off and bring failing South East Water into public hands.

Shame we can’t ban these men from the streets of Birmingham where their unilateral decision to deface our street lamps has caused unnecessary community tensions: France bans 10 British 'far-right activists' over anti-migrant activity www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

HMOs are a controversial, big business in Birmingham and many councillors claim to be cracking down on them. Hall Green North's Cllr Akhlaq Ahmed is one of them. But we found out his wife owns one. It's in his ward, and they lived until about a year ago.

Reform unveiled their latest Conservative recruit Nadhim Zahawi - unfortunately he forgot to delete his old tweets accusing Farage of racism...

I am here and trying to use Bluesky more! There are certainly far more Simpsons memes than on the other place. Do please add me to the relevant lists/starter packs etc

I call on my party and my government to remove themselves entirely from X and communicate with the public where they actually participate online and can be protected from such illegality.

For those keeping score, Bellingcat, The New York Times Visual Investigation Team, & Washington Post's Visual Forensic team have all published analysis showing the ICE shooter wasn't in the path of Renee Nicole Good’s vehicle when he shot her, contradicting statements by the President & his cronies

It has become increasingly clear that X - a platform now actively producing explicit and abusive material against women and children - is not an appropriate platform to be using for our comms. I will keep pushing for action from the govt & relevant authorities in this area.

My niece in Stonehaven, near Aberdeen, has made a snow dalek that's featured in the Aberdeen Press and Journal. #proudaunt

Sean Bean is pronounced Seen Been and not Shorne Borne like most people say.

Machado got his peace prize, of course he won't let her be the president of Venezuela.

Obligatory meme

Looks like this is indeed the deal. Europe needs to step up before they take Greenland.

A good reminder that democracy isn't a default and that it has to be fought for. I've got my fingers crossed for Mark's dream coming true.

I'm so old that I remember when they played the weird stuff

My partner just asked "Has what's his name piano wanker started on the telly yet?"

I'm increasingly seeing Russia talk about Britain in their propaganda. "Trump was “shocked” at the news, Ushakov claimed, with Russian officials alleging that Britain was also involved in what he described as “provocations”."

I lost monopoly after my 5 year old offered me a hug in return for all of my money and property.

Gutted 😂

At some point the US administration might realise that it was stupid to piss off its allies. Maybe around the same time that Putun loses Siberia to the Chinese after expending Russia in Ukraine. Xi is laughing at them both. Never interrupt your enemies when they're making mistakes etc...

The ‘Raise the Colours’ campaign, widely praised by politicians and commentators as a "grassroots" campaign for "unity" has now pivoted to harassing migrants and charity workers on the beaches of France. Activists were seen stabbing dinghies and releasing dogs to intimidate migrant and aid workers

Again these people aren't patriots. They hate our country and are allied to others who hate it too. Nothing will ever be achieved by seeking to appease them

Adorable rascals. They've cheered me up.

I don't really post anymore, but I would like to carry on writing books at some point in the future. Hate to be annoying, but any chance you could retweet so old twitter followers can find me if they want to? Going to delete my twitter, or at least abandon it on lock and let it die a slow death.

Just been handed one of these for using the word Christmas in Birmingham. The Daily Mail articles were true.

Morning Stirchley 🌈

Musk and Trump hate the EU for the same reasons Farage and Putin hate it. It stands for civil rights, the rule of law, and regulation of oligarchs

A friend just sent me a Le Monde article about the people putting up flags in Stirchley, Birmingham. "This article is better than nearly everything that’s come out about them in any UK paper - good to be calling them what they are. "

Did @darthputinkgb.bsky.social write this?

Nice to know there are good people in Stirchley. Very grateful for their efforts.

Quiet Riot got my top spot. More in my #SpotifyWrapped. @quietriotpod.bsky.social

Wholesome timeline cleanse from my wholesome partner.

Wow - this guy must be really, REALLY bad with money if an extra £208 per month will “ruin” his retirement. Let’s take a look at his situation based on what he told the @Telegraph Because this does NOT add up! No, this is not a “poor pensioner” scrabbling around for pennies… 🧵1/9

🚨BOOM! The Petition calling for a public inquiry into Russian influence on UK politics & democracy has now rocketed past 80,000 signatures! Let’s get it to 100,000 this weekend. If a petition is what it’s going to take let’s get this done! petition.parliament.uk/petitions/74...

If you receive legal threats from Nigel Farage for your reporting of Reform, please get in touch. We have employed a defamation lawyer specifically for this purpose and would love to help (and we do so on non-commercial terms). www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

The real BBC bias story, narrated by Anna Ford

Want to know why fear of crime is so high, this is the front page of Birmingham live and just continual use of crime as a story

After failing to divide Stirchley (Birmingham, UK), RtC have decided to turn their selective video editing skills and faux patriotism to France.

I just downloaded Praxis' essential guide to changing minds on migration and I think you should too! act.praxis.org.uk/sign-essenti...

I wonder how much reach this article will get on Twitter

This is incredibly dystopian. It needs to be stopped.

Where can I buy Polanski merch? I want a hench topless Polanski riding a unicorn with a rainbow behind him poster. Thanks in advance

Yeesh, terrified of using GitHub Actions now.

The national press totally let us down, what a complete failure. So glad that the local press picked it up.